The content and the implications of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) Amendment Bill are extraordinarily complicated.

Three issues, which embody the most significant negative implications for the mining industry and South Africa, have been delaying the finalisation of the Bill, which was tabled in 2013, passed in 2014 and referred back to Parliament by the President Jacob Zuma in 2015.

The content and the implications of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) Amendment Bill are extraordinarily complicated.

Three issues, which embody the most significant negative implications for the mining industry and South Africa, have been delaying the finalisation of the Bill, which was tabled in 2013, passed in 2014 and referred back to Parliament by the President Jacob Zuma in 2015.